http://author.voanews.com/english/africa/blog/index.cfm African music treasures is a Voice of America blog that allows you to discover rare African recordings from the VOA's unique African music library. Many of the recordings featured on the blog are unreleased recordings of traditional and contemporary music that were originally recorded for the VOA program MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA. en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:19:58 -0000 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:00 -0000 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mlavoie@voanews.com mlavoie@voanews.com http://author.voanews.com/english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=DDDBA9F2-0ED2-8BA4-3C135DB42A173726 Well, almost.I have just returned from a month out of the office. I am currently finishing up the research for several forthcoming posts. In the days to come you should be able to enjoy some rare 45s from Somalia, some great tapes from Radio Mali, and hopefully, a second installment of Mauritanian music-I was in Nouakchott two weeks ago and brought back some interesting recordings.In the meantime, here is a great single to tide you over. These tracks, which I just recently heard for the first ti... Sierra Leone Mon, 12 May 2008 15:56:00 -0000 /english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=DDDBA9F2-0ED2-8BA4-3C135DB42A173726 http://author.voanews.com/english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=07489CAF-C7E3-7534-2C5C4FBD53D700F3 Ever since our weekly radio program 'Music Time in Africa' first hit the airwaves, back in 1965, Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats of Sierra Leone have been part of the show: for the last 43 years our opening and closing theme has been a guitar loop taken from the Hearbeats song 'Zamsi'. Over the course of two long sessions, in November and December of 1964- at the VOA African Program Center in downtown Monrovia, Liberia-the Heartbeats recorded over thirty songs, virtually their entire repertoire ... Sierra Leone Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:45:00 -0000 /english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=07489CAF-C7E3-7534-2C5C4FBD53D700F3